Alyson Welch

Alyson Welch is a seasoned revenue leader with around three decades of experience in the Enterprise platform, application security, and SaaS markets. She excels in organizational planning, having established enterprise sales capabilities in Fortune 1000/mid-cap firms and early-stage startups. Alyson's expertise lies in designing and executing hyper growth and turnaround strategies for large revenue divisions, ranging from $100M to $1B. She is passionate about nurturing next-generation leaders and has a knack for scaling successful sales go-to-market engines.

Before leading the North America Enterprise Sales organization at Twilio, Alyson was the Global Head of Sales at Zignal Labs, a startup focusing on real-time media intelligence. At Zignal, she spearheaded the first revenue organization, expanding the team by hiring over 50 employees and tripling the company's revenue within 18 months. Prior to Zignal, she spent 14 years at Akamai, where she played pivotal roles in launching new products, executing go-to-market strategies, and significantly increasing revenue within her division.

Alyson's tech career began at Akamai as a Client Services Manager, later moving into management due to her exceptional performance in overseeing Direct Sales. She kickstarted her career at Accenture, which equipped her with the skills to drive market launches, product transitions, pricing strategies, and customer satisfaction initiatives. Additionally, she is the founder of Poppy, a Financial Wellness community for women, and actively contributes to the tech industry by mentoring Revenue leaders and participating in speaking engagements. Alyson also serves on the board of Bucknell University’s Freeman School of Management.